Sarcastic PNoy thanks China state media

President Benigno Aquino 3rd on Friday shrugged off a Chinese state media commentary calling him “ignorant” and an “amateurish politician.”

Speaking to reporters, Aquino defended his statements in an interview with The New York Times, wherein he likened the Philippines’ situation to that of Czechoslovakia’s during World War II.

The latter lost Sudetenland in 1938 to the demands of a much stronger Germany, because of what President Aquino reasoned was the West’s failure to support it.

Aquino was quoted by the Times as saying, “At what point do you say, ‘Enough is enough?’ Well, the world has to say it — remember that the Sudetenland was given in an attempt to appease Hitler to prevent World War II.”

Xinhua writer Ming Jinwei called Aquino’s statement a “lame comparison” and said the President continues to “create animosity with China.”

Aquino, however, brushed aside the statement and instead thanked the writer for calling him names, saying that bolstered the Philippine stance on its territorial claim against China.

He also said that it shows that China does not have sound basis for its claim over the West Philippine Sea (South China Sea.)

Meanwhile, the President welcomed the statement made by US Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs Daniel Russel expressing concern over China’s nine-dash line claim over the West Philippine Sea.

He said this call urged China to abide by the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea of which China is a signatory.

”Walang namilit na maging signatory ka diyan. China and the Philippines are signatories to the same. And we are hoping that we all live up to the commitments expressed in treaty such as that,” Aquino added.

According to reports, Russel challenged Beijing’s so-called “nine-dash line” that outlines its territorial claims over much of the South China Sea.

Russel said that maritime claims under international law needed to be based on land features.

Aquino’s Hitler remark fuels tension vs. China — analyst
President Benigno Aquino 3rd’s controversial comparison of China’s leaders to Adolf Hitler’s pre-World War II territorial aggression only worsened the tension over the West Philippine Sea, a political analyst said on Friday.

University of the Philippines Prof. Roland Simbulan said that while China’s refusal to resolve the row through the United Nations is tantamount to ‘territorial piracy,’ such remark only fueled the conflict over the disputed territory and widened the gap among the two nations, especially in terms of economic aspect.

“Of course it fuels [the tension]especially with the temperature of our relationship with China. They would, too, take a hard line attitude against us,” Simbulan said in a text message to The Manila Times.

“We would also miss economic opportunities that we could have taken with the improvement of their economy.”

In an interview with The New York Times, Aquino urged world leaders not to make the mistake of pacifying China, which now strengthens and fortifies its authority over the contested waters of the West Philippine Sea (South China Sea.)

“At what point do you say: ‘Enough is enough’? Well, the world has to say it—remember that the Sudetenland was given in an attempt to appease Hitler to prevent World War II,” Aquino said.

The remark drew an irate response from China’s foreign ministry, published through a commentary in Xinhua news agency, and called Aquino as “amateurish” and “ignorant.”

“Unfortunately, President Aquino’s superficial Hitler analogy could scuttle a diplomatic solution by foreclosing further rational discussion.

There’s no room for Godwin’s Law in international diplomacy,” said Tinio, referring to the proverb that the first side to make an inappropriate analogy to Hitler in an argument loses.

He said the “reckless and extremist rhetoric” may backfire and make it more difficult to gain broader support for the Philippine position from the international community although he believed that this could be part of laying the ground for stronger US hand in the region.

“His statements, made to an American as well as an international audience, are in fact laying the rhetorical ground work for strong US military intervention in the dispute,” ended Tinio.

Tinio, along with Rep. Neri Colmenares of Bayan Muna and Carlos Zarate, filed House Resolution 671 urging the House Committee on Foreign Affairs to conduct an inquiry on China’s new sea rules and the heightening tensions on the West Philippine Sea to find peaceful and diplomatic solutions to the dispute without US intervention.

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As long as we have people like University of the Philippines Prof. Roland Simbulan and Rep. Antonio Tinio of ACT Teachers’ party-list, we will never learn to stand on our own feet against aggressors like China. While China ignores our territorial rights, Simbulan and Tinio prioritize making money than fighting for the motherland. How will Lapu Lapu treat these kind of Filipinos? He will probably cut their heads.

So what is wrong with our President about comparing Chinese leaders to Hitler when what he is saying is true. Why do we have to just be bullied simply because we don’t have the capability to fight China? There is truth to what our President is saying.

A sarcastic word of thanks is only appropriate to return a favor to Xinhua Chinese state news agency for resorting to name calling. And If Hitler ‘Ian characterization is truly offensive to them… why not recall their earlier pronouncement when they assail the Japanese leader for visiting the Yasukini Shrine, saying that, it is equivalent to GLORIFYING HITLER’S DEATH CAMP. That’s the irony of INGESTING their dose of medicine.

Its not the fault really of pnoy that he says inaccurate and damning statements because he is actually incable of thinking before speaking. It is the fault of his advisers and staff who are there precisely to think things out for him but have proven to be stupid and useless many times over. Carandang was sacked because of this and those who truly care for this pesident should now tell him to sack the rest of them. Agravating what was aleady a grave error of comparing China to Hitler for which pnoy got a lashing from Xinhua, a world respected broad sheet in China, calling him “ignorant” and “amateurish” pnoy takes the tact of what is referred to as “argumentum ad hominem” where when one who finds himself at a loss for valid arguments in a debate resorts to attacking the person of the other side. Without doubt this must have been another stupid advise from the “wise” men around him. Pnoy being called an ignoramus and an amateurish diplomat are clearly and only because his statements about the Sudetenland before WW II are historically wrong and citing this as possible basis to shame the Chinese to abandon their territorial claims in the South China Sea is not only “amateurish” (this is actually a kind word) but stupid.

it seems that the media and the pro communist leaders in the Philippines are in Cahoots with China. Should we just let China talk trash about us? Can you say or write some of the vile words that you people are talking or writing about the Americans? Then why not PNoy do the same? The president is just stating history might repeat itself with regards to China.
Does the name Hitler offends even China? If they are good, so they’ll know that Hitler tried to irradicate the Jews in WWII, and they are trying to do the same thing one at a time with the people of SE Asia, since they are yellow and we are brown.